"The city is calm and business is smooth," Diriye adds. But Asiyo Mohamed Warsame tells the BBC that masked gunmen killed her 40-year-old brother Dahir Mohamed Warsame in his shop in Mogadishu's ...

But the true essence of Mogadishu can only be experienced through its restaurants, markets, beaches and people. The city comes to life at night and is best explored on a bajaja - a Somali rickshaw.